In Conversation With #205 - Me And The Moon
South East London duo Me And The Moon have just shared their debut EP Everything's Changing via Luna Sky Recordings.
Supported by Help Musicians' Do It Differently Fund, the alt-indie two-piece have been crafting elegant tracks with an abundance of personality. No strangers to writing heartfelt and relatable lyrics, the duo dig deep into their emotions and experiences to provide us with sun-drenched instrumentation and lush guitar tones that produce feelgood anthems.
They took a moment to talk to us about how the EP came together.
Hey there Me and the Moon- how are you? So your debut EP is out now, how does It feel to have it out there in the world?
Tamara - Wowee its actually very overwhelming. I think having such a long break between releases has made the build-up to this even more exciting but it feels very special to put these songs out that we've spent so much time on and written about things and people we really care about.
Jonny - Yeah very crazy, we've been working on some of these songs for so long it feels amazing to have them finally out there for people to hear.
It is called ‘Everything’s Changing’’ - what is the meaning behind that?
T - So like everyone else, over the last few years we've had a lot of reflection time. The title of the EP is taken from the lyrics of Strangers but Ithink it somehow sums up a theme of every track. We've really taken the last few years to reflect on what's important and the reasons behind the decisions we make. Cutting you Loose is about leaving behind a life that didn't fulfil you how it should, whilst Strangers is about reconnecting with someone from your past. So, although each track on the EP is about something totally different, 'Everything's Changing' and the emotions around change seems to have been the running theme across all 5 tracks.
Where was it recorded? Are there any behind the scenes stories from the creative process you are happy to share with us?
T- We actually recorded this with our friend Patch Boshell who recorded our first ever songs back at University. It felt a bit like coming full circle to be able to work together again and having all done so much in-between, it was nice to be able to bring new ideas and experiences to what felt like a familiar relationship. We spent a week in his house in Oxford in January, living together, cooking together, going for lots of long, cold walks and drinking an obscene amount of coffee. It was nice to have the time to play around and get a bit silly with the sounds. We ran a drum machine through every pedal we had with us which at the time was just something fun to do and we thought at the time was ridiculous and would never be used, but it ended up being the drum breakdown you hear in the bridge for I Lost The Feeling.
What are the key themes and influences on the EP?
T- The themes across all the songs is definitely centred around change and how that affects our mental health as well as the peoples around us. In terms of influence, it felt nice to be able to play around about and explore a little more. I personally listen to more folkier / alt pop than Jonny does, so I was playing around more with chord choices and guitar tunings and Jonny bought in more jangly lead lines and effects from the stuff he listens too.
Do you have a favourite lyric on the EP? If so and why?
T- Mine is probably from Cutting You Loose in the 1st verse, 'We've been waiting for the thunder, but all we ever got was rain'. To me it's about that realisation about how you're looking for something more extraordinary than the current every day situation you have and wanting something more to make a bigger impact on you, even if it could be seen as worse in some ways, it's still more impactful and I think that's a big theme on the EP too. Looking at taking a risk of what you might lose but weighing that up with what you might gain.
If the EP could be the soundtrack to any film - which one and why?
T - This is a hard question but maybe something like Ferris Buellers Day Off or The Breakfast Club. We tried to take some influence from jangle-pop guitar bands from the 80's so sonically it feels like it would fit to a film in that style. But also, lyrically the songs are all about change and adapting and I think something based on that 'coming of age' type of narrative would be cool.
Now the EP is out there - what next for you?
T - Right now it just feels great to be able to get a collection of songs out we really care about. We have some other tracks we're super excited about and really love so I guess we'll be thinking about how to best get those out into the world.
J - We've been playing a lot of acoustic duo gigs over the past few months and feel like some of these songs have taken on another life in that way too, so think it might be fun to have a play around with that idea a little more.
